Eliot Spizzirri and Francesco Passaro will square off in the semifinal of the Brest Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Eliot Spizzirri who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Eliot Spizzirri is the pick to win this match.
Eliot Spizzirri -> 1.43
Francesco Passaro -> 2.68

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Prediction and head to head Eliot Spizzirri vs. Francesco Passaro

There is no head to head record between Eliot Spizzirri and Francesco Passaro since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Eliot Spizzirri

Ranked no. 103 (career-high), the American reached the semifinal after defeating Jonas Forejtek 3-6 7-6(3) 6-3, Mark Lajal 3-6 6-1 6-3 and Giulio Zeppieri 5-7 7-6(8) 7-6(4).

In the quarter against Zeppieri, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-6⁸ 7-6⁴).During the match, Spizzirri scored less points (4) than Zeppieri. In fact, the world no. 103 won 112 points vs Zeppieri’s. That means that Spizzirri was more focused during the important points. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 64 winners.

Regarding the service games, Spizzirri bagged 15 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Eliot Spizzirri was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 75% (64/85) of his 1st serve and 66% (23/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Eliot has surrendered 3 set in this competition to win 51% of the points he played.

Spizzirri has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 63% of his matches (114-68). 11-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Spizzirri has a compiled21-10 win-loss record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the San Diego Challenger where he defeated Mackenzie Mcdonald in the final 6-4 2-6 6-4 and the Jingshan Challenger where he beat Alex Bolt in the final 6-4 6-4.

The American has a composed 50-28 win-loss record in 2025, 11-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Brest Challenger

Spizzirri has never competed in this tournament before.

Francesco Passaro

Ranked no. 139, Francesco got to the semifinal after defeating Jaime Faria 6-3 3-6 6-3, Emil Ruusuvuori 7-6(3) 6-7(6) 7-6(6) and Dan Added 7-6(5) 7-6(2).

In the quarter, Passaro had a good straight sets win against Added (7-6⁵ 7-6²). During the match Passaro scored 86 points vs Added’s 74. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about serving, Passaro fired 14 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Francesco Passaro was very effective on serve to win 86% (42/49) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Added once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Italian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

The Italian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Sassuolo Challenger.

Francesco has a compiled 37-22 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Spizzirri	Passaro
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	9	8
Tot Games	94	92
Pts	287-273	290-265
Total Points	560	555
Winners	149	151
%Winners	52%	52%

Both Spizzirri and Passaro played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Eliot Spizzirri conceded 3 sets, while Francesco Passaro surrendered 2 sets. Spizzirri has played 1 set more than Passaro (9 vs 8). Therefore, Spizzirri played 2 games more than Passaro. The American scored 149 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian bagged 151 winners (52%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Spizzirri	Passaro
Aces	30	59
Avg per match	10	19.7
1st in	202/277	181/279
%1st in	73%	65%
1st pts	149/202	151/181
%1st pts	74%	83%
2nd pts	47/75	53/98
%2nd pts	63%	54%

Spizzirri struck 30 aces (10 per match). Passaro fired 59 aces (19.7 per match). Spizzirri won 74% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Passaro won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Spizzirri	Passaro
Won	7	3
Converted	7/21	3/11
% Converted	33%	27%
Conceded	11	12
Saved	7	10
% Saved	64%	83%
Times Broken	4	2

The American broke his opponents 7 times with a 33% conversion rate. Spizzirri conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Francesco conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Spizzirri
	R1 Forejtek	R2 Lajal	1/4 Zeppieri	Total
Score	3-6 7-63 6-3	3-6 6-1 6-3	5-7 7-68 7-64
Tot Set	3	3	3	9
Tot Games	31	25	38	94
pts	88-84	87-73	112-116	287-273
Total points	172	160	228	560
Winners	47	38	64	149
%Winners	53%	44%	57%	52%
SERVE
Aces	8	7	15	30
Double Faults	1	2	2	5
1st in	61/81	56/76	85/120	202/277
% 1st in	75%	74%	71%	73%
1st pts	47/61	38/56	64/85	149/202
% 1st pts	77%	68%	75%	74%
2nd pts	12/20	12/20	23/35	47/75
% 2nd pts	60%	60%	66%	63%
Breaks
Won	2	5	0	7
Converted	2/7	5/12	0/2	7/21
Converted %	29%	42%	0%	33%
Conceded	1	6	4	11
Saved	0/1	4/6	3/4	7
Saved %	0%	67%	75%	47%
Times Broken	1	2	1	4

Passaro
	R1 Faria	R2 Ruusuvuori	1/4 Added	Total
Score	6-3 3-6 6-3	7-63 6-76 7-66	7-65 7-62
Tot Set	3	3	2	8
Tot Games	27	39	26	92
pts	89-82	115-109	86-74	290-265
Total points	171	224	160	555
Winners	47	62	42	151
%Winners	53%	54%	49%	52%
SERVE
Aces	20	25	14	59
Double Faults	6	0	2	8
1st in	59/96	73/111	49/72	181/279
% 1st in	61%	66%	68%	65%
1st pts	47/59	62/73	42/49	151/181
% 1st pts	80%	85%	86%	83%
2nd pts	17/37	23/38	13/23	53/98
% 2nd pts	46%	61%	57%	54%
Breaks
Won	2	0	1	3
Converted	2/4	0/2	1/5	3/11
Converted %	50%	0%	20%	27%
Conceded	9	0	3	12
Saved	8/9	0/0	2/3	10
Saved %	89%	–	67%	52%
Times Broken	1	0	1	2

Tennis Scores in Brest Challenger

• Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (5-7 7-6⁸ 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Clement TaburTabur (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Hugo GastonGaston – Arthur FeryFery (7-6³ 7-5) – See score progression
• Francesco PassaroPassaro – Dan AddedAdded (7-6⁵ 7-6²) – See score progression
• Theo Arribage/Albano OlivettiArribage/Albano Olivetti – N.Sriram Balaji/N. Vijay Sundar PrashanthBalaji/N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (6-4 6-7⁵ 10-8) – See score progression
• Francesco PassaroPassaro – Dan AddedAdded (7-6(5) 7-6(2)) – See score progression
• Hugo GastonGaston – Arthur FeryFery (7-6(3) 7-5) – See score progression
• Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Clement TaburTabur (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Hugo GastonGaston – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (0-1) – H2H and prediction